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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dupont Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dupont Center and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Dupont Center:
- 29.756359, -81.313125
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Dupont Center
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Saint Johns County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Johns County
- Since Dupont Center is near Flagler County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Flagler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Dupont Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dupont Center ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Butler Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
- Cedar Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Landing is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Landing
- College Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- College Park is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Crescent Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gopher Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gopher Ridge is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gopher Ridge
- Marineland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spuds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spuds is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuds
- Summer Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summer Haven is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Haven
- Vermont Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vermont Heights is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont Heights
How Far From Dupont Center to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dupont Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dupont Center and extending to:
- Saint Augustine, which is the Seat of Saint Johns County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Dupont Center to Saint Augustine, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 183 miles [294.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,485 miles [10,436.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,159 miles [11,521.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dupont Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Dupont Center to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dupont Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7564, Longitude: -81.3131 In this case, the coordinates for Dupont Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.337 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.908 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.124 degrees. |
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